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Study on the Effect of Ibrutinib on High Risk Smoldering Multiple Myeloma Patients

NCT02943473 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 9

Last updated 2020-12-16

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Summary

The purpose of this research study is to test whether the drug ibrutinib (trademark name: IMBRUVICA®) is effective at preventing the development of multiple myeloma in people who currently have smoldering myeloma. The researchers conducting this trial) have reason to believe that ibrutinib can delay the development of multiple myeloma, thus giving people who currently have smoldering myeloma a longer period of time when they feel healthy and well.

Smoldering myeloma is an abnormal condition that is considered to be an early phase of the disease multiple myeloma. In this disorder, there is an abnormal growth of plasma cells, which is a type of blood cell found in the bone marrow. This growth is not as severe in people with smoldering myeloma as it is in multiple myeloma, so people with smoldering myeloma do not have any symptoms and tend to feel well. However, they have a higher risk of developing multiple myeloma than people in the general population.

Some people with smoldering myeloma are at an especially high risk of developing myeloma - 50% of these people will develop multiple myeloma 2 years after they are diagnosed with smoldering myeloma. The investigators identify these people by looking at the amount of myeloma in the bone marrow (called "bone marrow plasma cell percentage") and the amount of myeloma protein (called "serum protein electrophoresis" and "serum free light chain assay") in the blood. To be considered high risk, individuals must have highly abnormal levels for these tests.

Based upon current guidelines, people with smoldering myeloma do not require any treatment. However, known is that many of these people will develop multiple myeloma in the near future. Currently there have been no proven and effective way of preventing these people from developing multiple myeloma, which remains an incurable disease.

Conditions

  • High Risk Smoldering Multiple Myeloma

Interventions

DRUG

Ibrutinib

Ibrutinib is a type of drug called a "kinase inhibitor." Kinases are proteins inside cells that help cells live and grow. Ibrutinib blocks a specific kinase protein in our bodies. This protein is thought to be very important in helping blood cancer cells live and grow. By blocking this kinase protein, ibrutinib stops cancer cells from growing.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Ajai Chari, MD · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-05-18
Primary Completion
2019-09-10
Completion
2019-09-10
FDA Drug
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT02943473 on ClinicalTrials.gov